On Friday 21 February 2014 18:43:32 Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Time to commit to LTS. 5 years? > > Jonathan > > ----- Forwarded message from Stéphane Graber <stgra...@ubuntu.com> ----- > > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:50:33 -0500 > From: Stéphane Graber <stgra...@ubuntu.com> > To: technical-bo...@lists.ubuntu.com, ubuntu-rele...@lists.ubuntu.com > Sender: ubuntu-release-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: [ubuntu-release] Re: LTS status for Ubuntu flavours > > Apparently I can't type... fixing the address of the release mailing-list. > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:43:01AM -0500, Stéphane Graber wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > First of all, sorry for getting to this so late, there has been a bit of > > rotation in the TB since last time we went through this and I think > > everyone forgot about that rather important part of a LTS cycle! > > > > So for Ubuntu 12.04, the following flavours had LTS status: > > - Edubuntu - 5 years > > - Kubuntu - 5 years > > - Xubuntu - 3 years > > > > While not on the original list, Mythbuntu has also been participating in > > all point releases so far and shortly after the 12.04 release switched > > to being LTS-only. > > > > > > As I said in another thread on the TB mailing-list, I don't think we > > need to go through all the paperwork and meetings we did last time as I > > believe all of those flavours showed they're capable of dealing with the > > load of an LTS release. > > > > So flavour leads of Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Mythbuntu and Xubuntu, can you > > > > please let me know by replying to this e-mail: > > - Whether you want LTS status this time around? > > - How long will you be supporting the source packages which aren't > > > > shared with Ubuntu itself? > > > > If any other flavour is interested in LTS status for 14.04, please > > prepare a wiki page similar to this one: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/12.04/LTS-Proposal > > > > And get in touch with the Technical Board (separate thread please) so we > > can review it and let you know our decision as soon as possible.
Supporting a LTS for 5 years directly contradicts what we've decided earlier about LTS releases here [1] and should be reduced to 2 years for Kubuntu. Cheers Rohan Garg [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kubuntu/Policies#Misc_.28.28NEW.29.29
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